Episode 29.15 - Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
April 30

Jason: DAmmmmn.
Chico: Well played, Mr. Pepper. Well played indeed.
Gordon: Thank you. Now how about we play some more?
Chico: Let's do it.
Jason: I am ready
Gordon: Time for some Number, Please.
Chico: I love Number Please.
Gordon: I'll give you a number attached to a statement, you ring in and give me the statement.
Chico: I got my ringing thumb and I am set.
Gordon: We'll start with an easy one.

5,000 W B S I A J O P B
5,000 W B Someone I A J O P B
5,000 W B Someone I A Jar O P B
5,000 Won B Someone I A Jar O P B
5,000 Won B Someone I A Jar O Peanut B

Chico: (buzzer!)
Gordon: Chico?
Chico: 5,000 Won by someone in a Jar of Peanut Butter
Gordon: Nooooo (BUZZ)
Jason: buzz
Gordon: Jason?
Jason: 5,000 Won Because someone INHALED a jar of Peanut Butter.
Gordon: That's what I'm looking for.
Jason: That's how someone won this week on Total Blackout.
Gordon: That would be the last round of Total Blackout, which is the biggest hit in Syfy. With a cheap budget, how long does the show last?
Jason: I see three or four seasons.
Chico: Five.
Gordon: I'll go higher. I think it reaches 100 and with a 30 minute time, I can see this in syndication.
Chico: Low budget. Even by Syfy standards. Easy to produce.
Gordon: THIS could be a huge cash cow (MOO) if it's marketed and played correctly.
Jason: Big time. This was a pleasant surprise.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Gordon: Next one...

27 P S H S O S L T W
27 P S H Season O S L T W
27 P S H Season O S L T Week
27 Primetime S H Season O S L T Week
27 Primetime S H Season O Series L T Week
27 Primetime Shows H Season O Series L T Week

Chico: (buzzer!)
Gordon: Chico?
Chico: 27 Primetime Shows Have Season or Series Low this week.
Gordon: That's right. Time to panic yet?
Chico: Not yet.
Jason: Not yet at all.
Chico: Remember, Sweeps just started this week. Thursday to be precise.
Gordon: We're going into May. This is big money business, If the trend continues, this could be trouble.
Jason: Finales do well.
Chico: I'm going to go with the school of thought that says it can only go up from there.
Gordon: It better not go down. Next one...

125 M I T A R S I P T M T Y
125 M I T A R S I P T M T Year
125 M I T Amount R S I P T M T Year
125 M I T Amount R S I Projected T M T Year

Jason: GOT IT
Gordon: Jason?
Jason: 125 Million is the Amount Ryan Seacrest is Projected to Make This Year
Gordon: Nailed it.
Jason: ....the bastard :-)
Chico: HA!
Gordon: Does he deserve to make that much?
Chico: The amount he puts in, why not?
Jason: Everyone deserves to make as much as they can. And Honestly, Seacrest is Dick Clark 2.0. He took the model and ran with it. And he is making a ****load of money.
Gordon: The one thing he's missing in his resume for me - a shiny floor game show that's a staple of his career, like Dick Clark did. I want one from Seacrest.
Chico: So Click and Wild Animal Games... not on the same stage as Idol.
Jason: Not in the same city. If he gets that show. He becomes legend.
Gordon: I don't need something on the same stage is Idol. I'll take something equivalent to Press Your Luck or Pyramid.
Jason: And that will happen AFTER Idol.
Chico: Whenever that is.
Gordon: Next one...

12 I T C N O S M O A A T C I A A O
12 I T Current N O S M O A A T C I A A O
12 I T Current N O S M O A A T C I An A O
12 I T Current N O S M O An A T C I An A O
12 I T Current N Of S M O An A T C I An A O
12 I T Current N Of S M O An A T Chico I An A O
12 Is T Current N Of S M O An A T Chico I An A O
12 Is T Current N Of S M O An A T Chico I An A Of
12 Is T Current N Of S M Ob An A T Chico I An A Of
12 Is T Current N Of S M On An A T Chico I An A Of
12 Is T Current N Of S M On An A T Chico I An A ddictOf
12 Is T Current N Of S Machines On An A T Chico I An Addict Of
12 Is T Current N Of S Machines On An App T Chico I An Addict Of

Jason: GOT IT
Gordon: Jason
Jason: 11 is The Current Number of Slot Machines on An App That Chico is An Addict Of
Chico: Sadly so true.
Jason: As in TPIR Slots
Gordon: Level 50, Chico?
Chico: At least I'm not up at level 200. MIKE. :-)
Gordon: Mike Klauss is at level 257. Sick man.
Gordon: And the machines are...
Jason: Cliff Hangers, 3 Strikes, Safe Crackers, Let Em Roll, Plinko, Shell Game, Race Game, Rat Race, Secret X, Bonkers, Hole In One and Clock Game
Gordon: And If you're a Price is Right or Slot Machine fan, you have to check them out.
Chico: Remember, some are still in development, so... yeah
Gordon: Next one...

0.72 M E T I T W T L C, M I T L W P S E
0.72 M P Of E T I T W T L C, M I T L W P S E
0.72 M P Of E T In T W T L C, M I T L W P S E
0.72 M P Of E T In T W T L C, M I T L W P S Ever
0.72 M P Of E T In T W The L C, M I T L W P S Ever
0.72 M P Of E T In T W The L C, Making I T L W P S Ever
0.72 M P Of E T In T W The L C, Making I T L W Primetime S Ever
0.72 M P Of E T In T W The L.A. C, Making I T L W Primetime S Ever

Chico: (BUZZER!)
Gordon: Chico?
Chico: 0.72 million pairs of eyeballs tuned in to watch the LA Complex, making it the lowest watched primetime series EVER.
Gordon: That's it!
Chico: It's a show made in Canada that the CW picked up to run alongside Top Model.
Gordon: The L.A. Complex was a show on the CW that obviously needed more advertising.
Chico: Apparently Jewel Staite doesn't work in a non-sci-fi vehicle.
Gordon: Now this is related to game shows in this way. What show WAS the lowest rated show before The L.A. Complex took over? Obviously it was a game show.
Chico: The One?
Gordon: Not The One.
Jason: Come On Brain
Chico: the Rich List?
Gordon: No
Gordon: The show actually finished it's run because there was nothing on Saturday night.
Chico: Ah, Q'Viva.
Gordon: No
Chico: Damn it.
Gordon: It featured a contestant selecting 3 out of 4 people to play for a million dollars. The show was on NBC.
Chico: It's not Twenty One, that's for sure.
Gordon: No. It was a specific game that they were challenged in. And the 3 people were professionals in said game.
Jason: MIllion Dollar Poker Challenge
Gordon: No
Chico: Face the ACE!
Gordon: YES!
Jason: Wow.
Gordon: How soon we forget, boys.
Chico: ... Oh that DID run in primetime, didn't it?
Gordon: Sure did.
Jason: You know it's so bad, WPT is now on Velocity
Chico: So I guess that Full Tilt being bought out by Pokerstars is a yawners then.
Gordon: There is a bill legalizing poker to play online that's currently making it's rounds on Congress. PLEASE get the damn thing passed. Jason is leading Chico 3-2. I have one last one. Jason is playing to win. Chico is looking to tie. Last one...

46,000: T N O A L E M J S, M H T S B W I T H O A G T
46,000: T N O A L E M J S, Making H T S B W I T H O A G T
46,000: T N O A L E M J S, Making H T Second B W I T H O A G T
46,000: T N O A L E M J S, Making H T Second B W I T H Of A G T
46,000: T Number O A L E M J S, Making H T Second B W I T H Of A G T
46,000: T Number O A L E M J Sold, Making H T Second B W I T H Of A G T
46,000: T Number O A L E M J Sold, Making H T Second B W I The H Of A G T

Jason: GOT IT
Gordon: Jason
Jason: 46,000: The Number of Albums Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. Sold, Making Him the Second Biggest Winner in the History of America's Got Talent
Gordon: That's right! Who's the first?
Chico: Terry Fator
Gordon: Wrong (BUZZ) Fator doesn't sell albums. :)
Chico: Michael Grimm?
Gordon: No.
Jason: Bianca Ryan.
Chico: Oh yeah. Forgot about her.
Gordon: Ryan is correct. She has over 200,000 albums sold. Grim is at 22,000, Boyd is at 6,000, and as of now, Skinner hasn't sold enough to chart.
Jason: BTW...I am shocked he sold so well. Pleasantly, though.
Gordon: Jason, you are the winner. 30 seconds is yours. Go.
Jason: Going to switch it up today. Today is the anniversary of the first wish which lead to the formation of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. As we record this, April 29th, is World Wish Day. If you can...go to wish.org and donate either your time, money or frequent flyer miles to help seriously ill children get their wishes fulfilled.
Gordon: And please sign up. It's a great charity organization for a worthy cause.
Jason: I know of a few friends of mine who had children who were wish fulfillment children. So do it. Please.
Chico: Good job.
Gordon: When we come back, we sing. Badly.
Chico: Maybe you... :-) We're going to warm up for a Songbook on the other side.
Jason: You heard me on Cash Cab...yeowch
Chico: We heard you at Madame Tussaud's... DOUBLE yeowch.
Gordon: That's why my lights are still out at my apartment. The bulbs shattered.
Jason: Quiet you :)

(Brought to you by Crime Family Feud. Winners gets $20,000. Losers... well.... "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." Next week, the Bratva take on the Yakuza. Beat Takeshi hosts)

Jason: That's a TV-MA rating right there
Gordon: Did someone watch 'Safe' this weekend?
Chico: Thought about it. Ended up watching The Raven instead.
Gordon: I couldn't tell.
Gordon: How was it?
Chico: It was British for being set in Baltimore. Lots of blood. You'd like it.
Gordon: This is next on my must see list: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/battle-royale/ Hunger games has got NOTHING on this.
Chico: No sir.
Jason: Have you ever seen it on the big screen?
Gordon: No but I will
Chico: Welcome back. Now it's time for music from the Capital of the Game Show World...
Gordon: We have some singing coming up, I see.
Chico: Yep. It's a good old fashioned Songbook. I got my mic. Gordon's got his. Jason'... we stuck him behind the ones and twos. Because, well...he's good at that.
Jason: (Scratches the ones and twos) Drop the beat
Chico: Hit it. First up..

"Britain's Got Talent" champions on "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire"

Chico: Obviously "Is That Your Final Answer", the club mix on the top of the list. Anything by Paul Potts...
Gordon: Theme from Street Smarts.
Chico: Susan Boyle, "I Dreamed a Dream"
Jason: Ok...Little Mix
Gordon: Anything form the Leonid the Magnificent catalog.
Chico: On that bombshell... Next?
Gordon: Next one...

Since we like the show - something on Total Blackout

Chico: Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen
Gordon: Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart
Jason: She blinded me with Science - Thomas Dolby
Chico: Coming Out of the Dark, Gloria Estefan
Jason: Blinded by the Light - ELO
Gordon: Theme from Dark Shadows
Chico: DMX, No Sunshine.
Gordon: Next one?
Chico: Next one...

The Figure It Out reboot.

Chico: Which, as they're shooting now, leads me to believe that it's coming sooner rather than later.
Jason: No More Words (Berlin)
Gordon: Figure it Out (Dave Aude)
Jason: How Will I Know (Whitney Houston), Kids In America
Chico: Me'shell Ndege'Ocello, "Who Is He And What Is He to You"
Gordon: Knowledge is Power (Schoolhouse Rock)
Chico: How about "It Girl" by (mockingly) JASON DERULO
Gordon: Next one...

Penn Jilette got fired on The Apprentice. Give me some songs about Magic.

Chico: Abracadabra... the Mark McGrath version. Just to rub a little salt in there.
Gordon: I'll take the Stevie Miller Version - and throw in some Magic from Olivia Newton John
Jason: Magic Man (Heart)
Chico: "Magic", ... Alan Thicke's boy.
Gordon: Magic - The Cars
Chico: "Magic" by B.o.B featuring Rivers Cuomo... this week's FMV on Idol, by the way.
Gordon: Next?
Chico: Next...one from Augustus...

Game of Life and Scrabble Showdown are preempted this week by... a movie.

Gordon: Anything from the Sweeny Todd Soundtrack
Chico: "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis.
Jason: So Long...from Sound of Music
Chico: And... "Money (That's What I Want)" by the Beatles.
Gordon: Last one...

Big Brother/ Just give a song on how you feel abou it.

Jason: Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
Chico: Summertime Blues.
Gordon: Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Jason: Summer In the City
Chico: Our House. In the middle of our street.
Gordon: It's only a few months away. And with that. we break.
Chico: Speed Round after the break. see you then

(Brought to you by Big Brother: Avengers Edition. 14 Comic Book characters live in a house for the next 3 months. Can anyone stand The Hulk's foot odor?)

Jason: WIN.
Chico: May 4 can't come soon enough. Assemble biatches. :-)
Gordon: Assembling Speed Round....NOW! Survivor: Does Tarazn have any chance?
Chico: Let me think about that. I'm done thinking. No.
Jason: Not. A. Chance.
Gordon: Zero. Idol we're a little mor split on. Who leaves?
Jason: Jessica.
Chico: Hollie had her week. She... won't be so lucky this week.
Gordon: I agree with...Chico. Amazing Race - Bopper and Mark survivve a Non-Elimination Leg. Do they make it to May Sweeps?
Chico: I hope so. They're awesome.
Jason: Yes. In a shock, the dating couple goes home.
Gordon: I think in a non-shock Ralph and Vanessa go home
Chico: I'll go with that. Voice... are we sticking by our top 4?
Jason: Yes.
Gordon: Yes. What emails do we have?
Chico: We have a post on our facebook page, believe it ot not. It's from Lee DiGeorge.
Jason: Hey Lee.

/wlti.gsnn

“

Lee Digeorge With the show "White Elephant" on the horizon... The question of the day is... If you were on the show, would you "Friend or Foe"? Would you "Split or Steal?"

”

Chico: I think we know the answer to that question...
Jason: STEAL :-)
Chico: Duh.
Gordon: Well it depends. I may split, pending on the opponent, etc.
Chico: Let's say you and me.
Gordon: if you stole from me, you would find your electronics strangely not working...for eternity.
Chico: And on that bombshell, we're going to call it a show. Thanks Jason Block for hanging out with us!
Jason: Always fun!
Chico: Next week, we bring back the Jeopardy! board.
Jason: WOOT!
Chico: We're bringing the smart-is-sexyback. Plus are we right in calling the Voice Top 4? All that and more sweeps goodness next time.
Gordon: We'll get to that next week. As for this week, this is Gordon Pepper, saying Game Over and spread the love.